By Sam Bush
Don’t look now, but the Celtics and Sixers have gotten off to quick starts this early season, and as a results the NBA’s Eastern Conference is doing better than the Western.
A total reverse of conventional wisdom, which as we all know is very often wrong!
Records from games between teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences in the 2017-18 season:
| INTERCONFERENCE | INTERCONFERENCE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WESTERN CONF. TEAM | RECORD | WIN % | EASTERN CONF. TEAM | RECORD | WIN % | |
| Thunder | 5-1 | 83.3% | Celtics | 5-0 | 100.0% | |
| Warriors | 7-2 | 77.8 | Pistons | 5-1 | 83.3 | |
| Rockets | 6-2 | 75.0 | Raptors | 6-3 | 66.7 | |
| Nuggets | 6-3 | 66.7 | Bucks | 4-2 | 66.7 | |
| Pelicans | 4-3 | 57.1 | Knicks | 4-2 | 66.7 | |
| Spurs | 5-4 | 55.6 | 76ers | 5-4 | 55.6 | |
| Suns | 3-4 | 42.9 | Magic | 4-4 | 50.0 | |
| Timberwolves | 2-3 | 40.0 | Wizards | 4-4 | 50.0 | |
| Trail Blazers | 2-3 | 40.0 | Pacers | 4-4 | 50.0 | |
| Mavericks | 2-3 | 40.0 | Hornets | 3-3 | 50.0 | |
| Lakers | 3-5 | 37.5 | Cavaliers | 2-2 | 50.0 | |
| Jazz | 2-5 | 28.6 | Heat | 3-4 | 42.9 | |
| Kings | 1-7 | 12.5 | Hawks | 2-3 | 40.0 | |
| Grizzlies | 0-4 | 0.0 | Nets | 3-6 | 33.3 | |
| Clippers | 0-5 | 0.0 | Bulls | 0-6 | 0.0 | |
| Conference | 48-54 | 47.1 | Conference | 54-48 | 52 | |
